Silver
83 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
54 sections
- (Dross of) of the Wicked
- (Labour of Seeking For) of Diligence Required For
- (Reprobate) the Wicked
- Abundance of
- Baskets (Rv), or Filigree (Margin, RV)
- Chains
- Comparative Value of
- Cords
- Cups Made of
- Dross From
- from Tarshish
- Fusible
- Generally Found in an Impure State
- Given by David and his Subjects for Making the Temple
- Given by the Israelite for Making the Tabernacle
- Idols
- Jewels
- Made Into: Beds or Couches
- Made Into: Bowls
- Made Into: Candlesticks
- Made Into: Chains
- Made Into: Cups
- Made Into: Dishes
- Made Into: Idols
- Made Into: Ornaments and Hooks for the Pillars of the Tabernacle
- Made Into: Ornaments for the Person
- Made Into: Sockets for the Boards of the Tabernacle
- Made Into: Tables
- Made Into: Thin Plates
- Made Into: Vessels
- Made Into: Wires (Alluded To)
- Malleable
- Often Given As Presents
- Palace
- Purified by Fire
- Purified, Called: Choice Silver
- Purified, Called: Refined Silver
- Refining of
- Reprobate
- Shrines
- Symbolical
- Taken in War often Consecrated to God
- Taken in War Purified by Fire
- Tarshish Carried on Extensive Commerce In
- The Patriarchs Rich In
- The Working In, a Trade
- Tribute often Paid In
- Trumpets
- Veins of, Found in the Earth
- Very Abundant in the Reign of Solomon
- Vessels of
- White and Shining
- Wisdom to be Esteemed More Than
- Workers In
(Dross of) of the Wicked
- Isaiah 1:22 Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
- Ezekiel 22:18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.
(Labour of Seeking For) of Diligence Required For
- Proverbs 2:4 if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
(Reprobate) the Wicked
- Jeremiah 6:30 They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
Abundance of
- 1 Kings 10:27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD— 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
- 1 Chronicles 29:2–7 Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God — gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, …
- 2 Chronicles 1:15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
- Ecclesiastes 2:8 and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men — many concubines.
- Isaiah 2:7 Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
Baskets (Rv), or Filigree (Margin, RV)
- Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Chains
- Isaiah 40:19 To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
Comparative Value of
- Isaiah 60:17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
Cords
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
Cups Made of
- Genesis 44:2 Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
Dross From
- Proverbs 25:4 Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.
- Proverbs 26:23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
from Tarshish
- Ezekiel 27:12 Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.
Fusible
- Ezekiel 22:20 Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.
- Ezekiel 22:22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.’”
Generally Found in an Impure State
- Proverbs 25:4 Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.
Given by David and his Subjects for Making the Temple
- 1 Chronicles 28:14 the weight of all the gold articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service;
- 1 Chronicles 29:2 Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God — gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, …
Given by the Israelite for Making the Tabernacle
- Exodus 25:3 This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
- Exodus 35:24 And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the service brought it.
Idols
- Exodus 20:23 You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.
- Isaiah 30:22 So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
- Hosea 13:2 Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
Jewels
- Song of Solomon 1:11 We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
Made Into: Beds or Couches
- Esther 1:6 Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, …
Made Into: Bowls
- Numbers 7:13 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Numbers 7:84 So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
Made Into: Candlesticks
- 1 Chronicles 28:15 the weight of the gold lampstands and their lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand;
Made Into: Chains
- Isaiah 40:19 To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
Made Into: Cups
- Genesis 44:2 Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
Made Into: Dishes
- Numbers 7:13 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Numbers 7:84–85 So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes. …
Made Into: Idols
- Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Isaiah 2:20 In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold — the idols they made to worship.
- Isaiah 30:22 So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
Made Into: Ornaments and Hooks for the Pillars of the Tabernacle
- Exodus 27:17 All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.
- Exodus 38:19 with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.
Made Into: Ornaments for the Person
- Exodus 3:22 Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”
Made Into: Sockets for the Boards of the Tabernacle
- Exodus 26:19 with forty silver bases under the twenty frames — two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
- Exodus 26:25 So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases — two under each frame.
- Exodus 26:32 Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
- Exodus 36:24 with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames — two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
- Exodus 36:26 and forty silver bases — two bases under each frame.
- Exodus 36:30 So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases — two under each frame.
- Exodus 36:36 He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.
Made Into: Tables
- 1 Chronicles 28:16 the weight of gold for each table of showbread, and of silver for the silver tables;
Made Into: Thin Plates
- Jeremiah 10:9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz — the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
Made Into: Vessels
- 2 Samuel 8:10 he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
- Ezra 6:5 Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.
Made Into: Wires (Alluded To)
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
Malleable
- Jeremiah 10:9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz — the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
Often Given As Presents
- 1 Kings 10:25 Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
- 2 Kings 5:5 “Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
- 2 Kings 5:23 But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.
Palace
- Song of Solomon 8:9 If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
Purified by Fire
- Proverbs 17:3 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
- Zechariah 13:9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
Purified, Called: Choice Silver
- Proverbs 8:19 My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
Purified, Called: Refined Silver
- 1 Chronicles 29:4 three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
Refining of
- Proverbs 17:3 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
- Proverbs 25:4 Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.
- Proverbs 26:23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
- Ezekiel 22:18–22 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver. …
- Jeremiah 6:29–30 The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged. …
- Zechariah 13:9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
- Malachi 3:3 And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
Reprobate
- Jeremiah 6:30 They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
Shrines
- Acts 19:24 It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
Symbolical
- Daniel 2:32 The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze,
- Daniel 2:35 Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue …
Taken in War often Consecrated to God
- Joshua 6:19 For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”
- 2 Samuel 8:11 and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—
- 1 Kings 15:15 And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
Taken in War Purified by Fire
- Numbers 31:22–23 Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead— …
Tarshish Carried on Extensive Commerce In
- Jeremiah 10:9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz — the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
- Ezekiel 27:12 Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.
The Patriarchs Rich In
- Genesis 13:2 And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
- Genesis 24:35 “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
The Working In, a Trade
- Acts 19:24 It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
Tribute often Paid In
- 2 Chronicles 17:11 Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.
- Nehemiah 5:15 The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.
Trumpets
- Numbers 10:2 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
Veins of, Found in the Earth
- Job 28:1 “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
Very Abundant in the Reign of Solomon
- 1 Kings 10:21–22 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon. …
- 1 Kings 10:27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
- 2 Chronicles 9:20–21 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon. …
- 2 Chronicles 9:27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
Vessels of
- Numbers 7:85 Each silver platter weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each silver bowl seventy shekels. The total weight of the silver articles was two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
- 1 Kings 10:25 Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
- 2 Samuel 8:10 he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
- 2 Kings 12:13 However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 18:10 he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
- 2 Chronicles 24:14 When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the house of the LORD — utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of …
- Ezra 1:6 And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.
- Ezra 5:14 He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named …
- Ezra 6:5 Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.
- Ezra 8:26 I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, articles of silver weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,
- Daniel 5:2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, …
- Daniel 11:8 He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,
White and Shining
- Psalm 68:13–14 Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.” …
Wisdom to be Esteemed More Than
- Job 28:15 It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
- Proverbs 3:14 for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
- Proverbs 8:10 Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
- Proverbs 8:19 My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
- Proverbs 16:16 How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
Workers In
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced …
- Acts 19:24 It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
Related topics
Silver for Ornamentation of, and in the Manufacture of, the Utensils for the TabernacleSilver used for MoneySilver of the TempleSilver used As Money from the Earliest TimesSilver of Saints Purified by AfflictionSilver of the Medo-Persian Kingdom
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.